Did Lord Jesus address SEVEN churches in Revelation, of which only two are good believing churches? Are the other five replaced?
Replacement Theology
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I agree, but theology is the common expression that people understand. The trouble is that many Christians are inclined to present opinions as if they were truth. If "replacement theology" was simply stated as opinion, there would be nothing to discuss.
They all believed in Christ. Branches that are broken off have no faith in Christ.
It actually doesn't contradict scripture at all. It wasn't God's will that Israel be like the other nations, but they demanded a king. So he gave them what they wanted, but said that their lust for a nation like all other nations was a rejection of his kingdom.
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. 1 Samuel 8:4-7
That was a shadow pointing to the Jewish leaders' rejection of Christ and his kingdom because they wanted an earthly nation rather than the truth.
Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. John 11:47-50
You and others who are so obsessed with an earthly nation are following in their footsteps
But what's worse is having faith in a false Christ, or using Christ to justify their own cause. That's violation of Commandments 1 and 3.
Galatians 3
16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Galatians 4
22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Galatians 4
22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
Perhaps you should start by defining "Jew"? Or perhaps we could begin by defining children of the devil? Those who murder, those who lie... Those who rape prisoners without trial and then have the conceit to boast about it probably fit right in next to the murderers and liars? Hmmmmm... I see a lot of this evil coming from those who would dare to try to usurp God's chosen people from the promises of God, purchased by Christ's own blood.
John 8:39-45
39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
In the flesh, no. Judah, from which "Jew" is derived, was born centuries after Abraham. You could say Abraham was Hebrew because he descended from Eber, Abraham's great-great-great-grandfather.
Spiritually, Abraham was Jew according to the standard revealed to Paul by the Spirit:
"But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God."
Paul even replaces the sign of physical circumcision with the circumcision of the heart by the Spirit of God. This would include, then, all who are in Christ, whether they are physically circumcised or not.
The distinction, of course, is that a spiritual Jew does not pass on their lineage via the flesh through physical procreation. A spiritual Jew receives his or her nature by the work of the Spirit of God.
Dubious. But if it were all true does that make all Jews guilty of it? Does it even make all IDF soldiers guilty? No, it doesn't.
They will if they believe, but that is the only reason
Well, they could be Jews of the flesh, that is: natural descendants of Judah. But flesh and blood does not inherit the kingdom of God and natural DNA has no leverage in spiritual matters. This is the linchpin of the delusion: not understanding that the natural is given for signs and examples but are shadows of the spiritual reality with God.